Chapter 417: Death’s Performance

Chapter 417: Death’s Performance

Bastien felt his head turn blank as he watched the summoners surround him for an attack. He could already tell that the booing and mockery from the French spectators would tarnish his honor, and even Calauhel’s, since he was working as his right-hand man. The disgrace that he would feel from Death literally sitting there without lifting a finger to deal with him would be tremendous.

“You bastaaaaaard! Bastaaaaaaard!” Bastien roared in anger. But at that moment, the Ogre Troll slammed its ax down on him.

Baaaaaaang—

The two-meter King’s Guardian equipped with a full-plate armor and a helmet appeared in front of Bastien with a huge greatsword in hand to block the Ogre Troll’s ax.

“Everyone, stand back!”

“We have to deal with Bastien first!”

One of the summoners sent out their Orc Great Mage, which brandished its staff and flew up in the sky.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

A huge magic spell fell down and engulfed Bastien and his summons.

“Attack!!!”

“Wyverns!!! Focus on attacking!”

The summoners sent one fierce attack after the other. However, Bastien was not known as the summoners’ king for nothing. He not only had two legendary monsters, he also commanded hundreds of epic and unique monsters.Ne/w novel chapters are published at novelhall.com

“Keuhaaaaaaaack!”

Gigantic beasts sprang up from the ground and surrounded Bastien. He did not call for all of his summons, only the gigantic leopards and hyenas. Their bodies reached four meters in height and their entire body was shining brightly, as if they were wearing armor. They were the epic monsters: ‘Steel Leopard’ and ‘Hyena of Death’, monsters that lived in the Sky of Death. Bastien had tamed these monsters and created a small army of his own. And with their power, these monsters were not something that his enemies could take for granted.

“Keuhaaaaaaack!”

“Keuhaaaaaack!”

The beast-type monsters jumped up and bit the Ogre Troll. The Siren’s Knight also took advantage of the split second when the wyverns would swoop down to attack and cut them down. Yes. They were literally even in terms of power. Bastien might be fighting a bloody battle alone, but he was not losing his ground against dozens of players.

Baaaaaaaaaang—

Bastien personally slashed the head of one of the wolf-type monsters rushing towards him with an ax. It was not easy for his enemies to deal damage to him, but it was different for the other players. However, there was one obvious reason why they still tried to attack Bastien with all their might, despite knowing that they would suffer great damage in the process. This was because unlike Death, Bastien was within their reach. The problem was that Bastien went beyond their expectations and fought fiercely against them.

“Hing, hing, hing!”

“Heeeeeeeng!”

“Keuhaaaaaaack!”

Bastien started to get pushed back as his summons started to collapse and fade to gray. However, the other players also suffered significant losses. Bastien was able to kill at least ten monsters on his own.

“He’s just one guy, we can take him down!!!”

The fight between Bastien and the other players continued. By the time their battle reached its peak, around 40% of the total number of summoners had disappeared. Bastien had no choice but to hide behind his summons the moment his Siren’s Knight and King’s Guardian reached their limits and were unable to fight. He knew that he would last for another minute at most, but at least he was able to take down a lot of people with him.

“Keukeukeukeukeu!”

And once again, another wild and menacing laughter rang loudly in the stadium. The bleeding Bastien, who was supporting himself with his ax, turned to look at the direction of the laughter. There, he saw Death still sitting on his throne. However, something has changed from earlier. A bloody red energy crept up and surrounded his small kingdom. Hundreds of plants then sprouted. And instead of flowers, the plants had spears and arrows.

Fwoooosh—

Fwoooosh—

Fwooosh—

Dozens of arrows flew out from the plants. The Siren’s Knight and the King’s Guardian squeezed their last power to block the incoming arrows. However, there were still a few arrows that got past them and struck Bastien’s body.

“Urk, Uaaaaaaaaack!”

The undead slaughtered the summons and their owners mercilessly, destroying their Ruler’s Bracelets, while Death reaped the special privileges.

“Strengthen, recover, strengthen, recover! Kikikikiki!”

Death instantly recovered the Death Knights with significantly lower HP and MP. He also further strengthened the already overwhelmingly powerful Death Knights. Even if Death was already powerful, some of the summoners would use their special skills, sending their summons near the Kingdom of Death. However, once they did so, a terrifying notification would ring in their ears and bring them deeper to the depths of despair.

[Your summons have stepped into the Death Zone.]

[All skills cannot be used.]

The good thing about having a named monster for a summon was that they had skills on their own. But once these monsters stepped into the Kingdom of Death, they would just be turned into monsters slightly stronger than ordinary mobs in terms of attack and defense. These monsters then became prey to the undead prowling around the Kingdom of Death.

“Keuhaaaaaack!”

Another wolf-type summon had been killed once again. The plants growing around the strengthened kingdom started to attack Death’s enemies. And just like always, Death...

“Strengthen, recover, strengthen, recover!

However, none of them could accuse Death of being cowardly. After all, Death was all by himself while they were fighting him with their numbers. Besides, Death might have vowed to make a change, but he was never interested in playing the hero. What he wanted to do was to sprint forward and aim for a brilliant future.

Even so, the summoners still represented their own countries. In other words, they were very strong! They tried to enter Death’s kingdom by using a systematic approach and knocking down one undead after another. But as if he was waiting for them, Death opened his mouth and said, “Resurrection of the Dead.”

Crack, crack, crack!

Craaaaaaaack!

Crack, crack, crack, craaaaack!

Death resurrected the summons that had died. The bones of the summons that were originally theirs sprang up from the ground and headed towards the Kingdom of Death. They lined up and became Death’s shield.

“...!”

“...!”

“...!”

At that moment, all of them felt that they would not be able to win. He was an absolute monster. Thirty minutes later...

[1st Place: South Korea. Death. Gold Medal.]

The world was in shock. However, there was one fact that brought them more shock. The moment he sat on his throne, Death did not stand up at all. In other words, he won without fighting personally. The reporters immediately flocked around Death, who was wearing his white mask, after the game.

“Mister Death, please say something!”

“Did you expect the result of this game?!”

“The entire world is looking at you right now. Plenty of them are saying that the Summit Five had become the Summit Six right now. Please leave us some words!”

“Moving forward, are you also going to establish a kingdom?”

Death looked around the hundreds of reporters that surrounded him. His words were simple and concise. He said, “I dedicate this honor to Food God Minhyuk.”

That was the end of his words. However, the impact of his words was huge. This was because he did not mention anything else aside from dedicating his honor and glory to Food God Minhyuk. And when they looked at where Death was headed, they saw Minhyuk standing there, waiting for him with his hand stretched out and a small smile on his face. Death grabbed his hand and said, “I... Please accept me as a member of Let’s Eat Sect.”

“Woaaaaaaaaaaah!”

“This... this is a scoop!”

Click, click, click, click, click!

The King of Death declared his intentions to join and work under Minhyuk’s command, causing the whole world to go into another uproar.